Petticoat.



No. 891,868. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908i B. J. SBGRELL.

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AIfPLIGATION FILED JUNE 28, 1907.

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No. 891,868. v PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

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PETTIGOAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1907.

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EDWARD J. SEGRELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed June 28, 1907. Serial No. 381,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. SEGRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Petticoat, of which the following is a specification.

It is a well known fact that ladies petticoats are unsightly and uncomfortable at the Waist band, this being ordinarily occasioned by the gathering, due to the shirr string heretofore employed, such gathering interfering with the proper fit of the garment, while the garment is liable to sag, there being no firm adjustment of said shirr string. Again the placket heretofore at the center of a dress skirt, when worn is liable to become disarranged, and so expose the under garment, etc. Furthermore, in order to adjust garments of the kind to fit around the waist lines, it is necessary to alter the same, which occasions expenditure of time and money, and often causes spoiling of the proper alinement of the garment.

My invention is designed to overcome the aforesaid objections, and adapt a petticoat to possess the additional advantages of a positive and unwrinkable fit around the waist line, while presenting a more sightly appearance, and producing increasing comfort when Worn, while also overcoming the necessity of having many different sizes of the garment in stock, and furthermore adapting the petticoat to be opened for the purpose of application and removal of the garment without disturbing the size-adjustment of the waist band.

Figures 1 and 2 represent rear elevations of a petticoat embodying my invention, a certain part thereof being in different positions. Fig. 3 represents a front View of a portion thereof. Fig. 4 represents a top view thereof on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section on line ocw, Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :*A designates a petticoat, which is composed of the body B, the waist band B, the lapel C and the placket D, said band B being divided at its rear as at B and having on the outer faces of its opposite end portions a plurality of eyes E. On the sides of the inner face of said lapel C, are hooks F, which are adapted to engage with the corresponding members of the'pairs of eyes E, so as to retain said lapel in position relatively to the waist size of the wearer of the garment.

The placket D occupies a difierent position from the lapel C and is, in the present case,

located at the side of the band B toward the i front of the garment, see Fig. 4, at which place the said band is divided as at B see Fig. 8, the divisions of which together with the placket D being provided with hooks Gr adapted to engage eyes H on the skirt on one side of said placket and the band B, whereby said placket may be retained in closed position. i i

In the formation of the lapel C, I take a single length J at the center of the rear of the body of the garment, the sides of the same converging upwardly, and increase the convergence by gathers or folds K, the extreme upper portion of the gathered or folded ma terial being disconnected from the sides of the adjacent lengths of the body. This forms said lapel C shortin length, while the disconnected sides of the adjacent lengths of the body form a short placket or opening L, which is covered when said lapel C is raised, as in Fig. 1, and uncovered when said lapel is lowered, as in Fig. 2, said opening L being in communication with the rear division B of the waist band B. Said lapel is faced by pieces M of suitable material, the same reinforcing the flap and the inner pieces having the hooks F secured thereto, said pieces cov ering and concealing the raw edge of the gathered or folded material and forming a continuity of the length J of the material of the petticoat as a finish of the extreme top and adjacent portion of the lapel, while also retaining the gatherings or folds of the material in their organized condition and reinforcing or strengthening the same. The exterior member of the said pieces M, while c0vering the folds of the lapel beneath the same, is normally unfolded and assists in preserving the normal condition and unbroken appearance of the lapel, while being stretched taut over the placket and adjacent portions of the lengths of the body of the garment at the sides of said placket regardless of the pair of eyes E, with which the hooks F may enage.

It will be seen that when the placket and lapel are opened, the garment may be placed on the body of the wearer. Then the placket is closed and secured, and the lapel is raised and the hooks F are fitted in the proper eyes E relatively to the waist measure of' the position, its good fit at the stomach and hips is preserved, the outer surface of the lapel C forming a comparatively unbroken curve continuous of the curvature of the outer surface of the lengths of the material at the sides of said lapel, the continuous alinement at said la el and lengths thus being preserved under all conditions of adjustment without buckling or humping of the lapel, thereis no unsightly gathering of the garment over said localities, there is no discomfort in Wearing the garment, no sagging of the same, and its length may be adjusted simply by making one or more tucks in the body above the trimming without affecting the general fit of the garment when adjusted at the waist line. Furthermore, the garment may be removed, under ordinary circumstances, by opening the placket D without disturbing the lapel O, and consequently the waist adjustment due to the same.

The front finish of the body is such that the placket when closed'isscar'cely percepti' bl e, while it possesses the advances in connection with the lapel, as hereinbefore set forth.

While I have specified certain means for carrying out my improvements, I do not wish to be limited exactly to the same, but desireto make such changes as may come within the scope of the novelty involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ina lady's garment of the character stated,

a body, a waist band, the latter having a plu-;

rality of vertical divisions therein at different places, a plurality of plackets in said body respectively in communication with said divisions, a fastening for one of said plackets, a separable lapel adapted to cover the other placket, and width-adjusting and fastening devices respectively 011 said band and lapel, said lapel being composed of a folded-upward extension of a length of material of said body, and a connected piece of material on the exterior thereof, said piece covering the top edge of the extension and the face of the portion below the same.

EDWARD J. SEGRELL. Witnesses:

L. F. HOWE, CHARLES FEESE. 

